4.0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes!!!!!

[xiphoid2010]

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final grades for winter quarter came out.... had my fingers crossed on therapeutics but I did better than I had hoped. Hooohah! Perfect 3 quarters in a roll! I feel like a little aboriginal right now, got the urge to do some silly dance around a fire! wukachaka wukachaka! 😱 Too bad grades don't change job pays, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a bigger scholarship award next year. Show MEEEE DAAAAAAAAAAA MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[RNtoPharmD]

Congrat!! 😍 Are you the only 4.0 in th 😕e class? I saw that P1 in my school last year, there were 20 out of 140-150.. quite a big number...

I hope future employer/residency director hope people put a little more emphasis on GPA like Med school and etc.. seem like the tortures for going thru all nighters just only give us As.. I feel that the As are not so rewarding soemtimes... Anyway, great job!!

 

[xiphoid2010]

Congrat!! 😍 Are you the only 4.0 in th 😕e class? I saw that P1 in my school last year, there were 20 out of 140-150.. quite a big number...

I hope future employer/residency director hope people put a little more emphasis on GPA like Med school and etc.. seem like the tortures for going thru all nighters just only give us As.. I feel that the As are not so rewarding soemtimes... Anyway, great job!!

Thank you! As you can tell, I'm a little excited. 😛

I wouldn't think I'm the only 4.0 in my class. But I'm pretty sure there are less than 10 in my class of 120ish (since we see the score break down for every test). There is no curve at OSU and every class need 93 for an A (compounding lab in P2 needed a 95 😱).

P1 year is always the easiest. Wait and see how many 4.0 in P2 and P3. We saw quite a few girls in my class break down and cry during P2, including my girlfriend who had to take celexa to help her sleep. OSU is pretty tough.

Well, employers in retail don't really care about A's. They care about whether you have a license and how fast you can fill each script. Which unfortunately don't correlate with how well you grasp the pharmacotherapeutic knowledge.

That's why I'm not going into retail, it feels like a waste of this much education. Again Thanks.

 

[BugsNDrugs]

Thank you! As you can tell, I'm a little excited. 😛

I wouldn't think I'm the only 4.0 in my class. But I'm pretty sure there are less than 10 in my class of 120ish (since we see the score break down for every test). There is no curve at OSU and every class need 93 for an A (compounding lab in P2 needed a 95 😱).

P1 year is always the easiest. Wait and see how many 4.0 in P2 and P3. We saw quite a few girls in my class break down and cry during P2, including my girlfriend who had to take celexa to help her sleep. OSU is pretty tough.

Well, employers in retail don't really care about A's. They care about whether you have a license and how fast you can fill each script. Which unfortunately don't correlate with how well you grasp the pharmacotherapeutic knowledge.

That's why I'm not going into retail, it feels like a waste of this much education. Again Thanks .

I actually don't see it that way. I know the employers in retail only care about your number, but it's all about how YOU decide to work in retail. For example, yes, you can sit back, fill as many scripts as you can, and not worry about much of anything else. Or, like myself, I take pride in carefully looking over a patient's profile and bringing up any issues to the doctor if there is a need to. Also, at least where I'm from, there are a LOT of errors that doctors make when prescribing medications and without a good knowledge of drugs and good education a lot of things could be easily missed. We get a lot of calls from doctors as well asking about what medication to prescribe for breastfeeding mothers, a child, etc. Now, that being said, I do work independent retail, and I know that is a big difference. But we do about 400 scripts a day, get them done very quickly compared to bigger retailers, and still take care of our patients and their well being. Retail does not have to be bad.

 

[BugsNDrugs]

final grades for winter quarter came out.... had my fingers crossed on therapeutics but I did better than I had hoped. Hooohah! Perfect 3 quarters in a roll! I feel like a little aboriginal right now, got the urge to do some silly dance around a fire! wukachaka wukachaka! 😱 Too bad grades don't change job pays, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a bigger scholarship award next year. Show MEEEE DAAAAAAAAAAA MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah, sorry, I forgot to say congrats on the 4.0. I sure know that's not easy to do. 🙂

 

[DownonthePharm]

That's why I'm not going into retail, it feels like a waste of this much education. Again Thanks.

Many of the most intelligent members of my class are planning on doing retail pharmacy. It is fine if that career path is not the right fit for you, but implying that you are too smart or well educated to work in the community is insulting to those that choose to do so. Look beyond the big box chains before you judge all retail.

 

[xiphoid2010]

Oh yeah, sorry, I forgot to say congrats on the 4.0. I sure know that's not easy to do. 🙂

hey, thank! 🙂

Independents can run their own stores the way they want. That's a big plus. But in most retail chains your performance is measured by the all mighty # and $ signs. I intern at walgreens and did rotations in CVS, gf works at korger, it's all just one giant understaffed slave driving script mill. Pharmcists don't have time to consult without risking the que going red, and their bonus get cut.... sad. Mean while I'm loving my internship at riverside hospital's ED. It's exciting, uses all the infomation I have learned, and what we do is apart of life and death, this is totally for me. 😀

But if I am going to do retail, I would try to open my own shop. 👍

 

[xiphoid2010]

Many of the most intelligent members of my class are planning on doing retail pharmacy. It is fine if that career path is not the right fit for you, but implying that you are too smart or well educated to work in the community is insulting to those that choose to do so. Look beyond the big box chains before you judge all retail.

hmmm, a little touchy and likes to read between the lines do we? 😉 I never said people who work in the community are stupid, I will thank you fif you don't not trying to twist my words.

I said going into feels like a waste of this much education. Any 5 year pharmacy BS do retail just as well as any 6 Pharm.D, despite studying less PK and therapeutics. Even the old pharmacists with a 4 year pharmacy BS from the 60's are fully proficient for retail.

The extra year of Pharm.D is into clinical therapeutics. I personally feel letting that knowledge go under used in most retail settings is a waste. It's by no means a reflection of the quality of the students who chose to go into retail.

 

[deleted205891]

I believe that we don't have a single 4.0 in my class(class of 300-in my 3rd year of 6-year program). There is someone with like a 3.98, but that's about it. I think usually for Rho Chi you need to have about a 3.5 ormaybe slightly higher after 1st semester of P2 (that's top 20% of class).

 

[xiphoid2010]

I believe that we don't have a single 4.0 in my class(class of 300-in my 3rd year of 6-year program). There is someone with like a 3.98, but that's about it. I think usually for Rho Chi you need to have about a 3.5 ormaybe slightly higher after 1st semester of P2 (that's top 20% of class).

yup, Rho Chi send you an invitation letter if you are at top 20% of the class. If you chose to join, there's a one time fee for a life-time membership. I paid $51 last year, my P2 friends who joined this year said the their fee went up to $66. For the fee, you get to choose either a rho chi key or pin. Still, not bad for a life-time membership and resume padder.

 

[PharmDstudent]

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